Annotations for Subjects Headings: Poetry

Not primitive, but highly developed and sophisticated, both in the material aspect and in the broad horizon of its contents. With the historical, social and spiritual rupture the conquest produced, all this is crushed and irretrievably destroyed. The opening verse of the ancient Quechua poem that says, “What rainbow is this black rainbow that rises?”, clearly describes the catastrophe that the conquest signifies.

No primitivo, sino altamente desarrollado y sofisticado, tanto en el aspecto material como en el amplio horizonte de sus contenidos. Con la ruptura histórica, social y espiritual que produce la conquista, todo esto es aplastado e irremisiblemente destruido. El verso inicial del antiguo poema quechua que dice, "¿Qué arcoíris es este negro arcoíris que se alza?", describe claramente la catástrofe que significa la conquista.